Market in Honey Lane
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Market in Honey Lane was an ATV television
soap opera
which was broadcast between 1967 and March 1969.
This cockney
drama set was in an East London
street market and covered the traders and customers. It was created by Louis Marks
. Initially shown weekly in September 1968, it became a twice weekly afternoon show and the name was shortened to just Honey Lane. According to www.lostshows.com, only half of the original episodes still exist in the archives.
Main characters were played by John Bennett
, Michael Golden
, Ray Lonnen
, Peter Birrel
, Brian Rawlinson
, Pat Nye, Basil Henson
and Anna Wing
, the latter finding new fame in the BBC
soap EastEnders
nearly 20 years later and which had a similar premise. The show was recorded at ATV Elstree, the same studio complex that is now home to the BBC soap, Eastenders
. Ray Lonnen would go on to star in another ATV soap, Crossroads, but in the Carlton Television
produced Crossroads of 2001.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
which was broadcast between 1967 and March 1969.
This cockney
Cockney
The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations. Geographically and culturally, it often refers to working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End...
drama set was in an East London
London
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street market and covered the traders and customers. It was created by Louis Marks
Louis Marks
Louis Frank Marks was a British script writer and producer mainly for the BBC. He attended the Balliol College, Oxford and graduated with a DPhil. He made the surprising choice to become a writer...
. Initially shown weekly in September 1968, it became a twice weekly afternoon show and the name was shortened to just Honey Lane. According to www.lostshows.com, only half of the original episodes still exist in the archives.
Main characters were played by John Bennett
John Bennett (actor)
John Bennett was an English actor. Born in Beckenham, Kent, he was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, followed by a wide Rep experience including Bromley, Bristol Old Vic, Dundee, Edinburgh Festival and Watford before going to...
, Michael Golden
Michael Golden (actor)
-Selected filmography:* Send for Paul Temple * Hungry Hill * Pool of London * Salute the Toff * The Gentle Gunman * The Square Ring * Murder by Proxy * The Green Scarf...
, Ray Lonnen
Ray Lonnen
Ray Lonnen is an English stage and television actor. His most prominent roles include Willie Caine in the cold-war spy drama series The Sandbaggers , and also as Harry Brown in the television mini-series Harry's Game .-Television career:Lonnen's early television appearances include The Power Game ,...
, Peter Birrel
Peter Birrel
Peter Birrel was an English actor.He played numerous bit parts in British TV series for nearly forty years....
, Brian Rawlinson
Brian Rawlinson
Brian Rawlinson was an English actor and writer who was prolific in films and TV from the 1950s....
, Pat Nye, Basil Henson
Basil Henson
Basil Henson was a British actor. Henson had a lengthy career on stage and television. His stage performances included a number of parts in Shakespeare productions, including once opposite Dustin Hoffman...
and Anna Wing
Anna Wing
Anna Eva Lydia Catherine Wing, MBE is an English actress. She has had a long career in television and theatre.-Personal life:...
, the latter finding new fame in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
soap EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
nearly 20 years later and which had a similar premise. The show was recorded at ATV Elstree, the same studio complex that is now home to the BBC soap, Eastenders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
. Ray Lonnen would go on to star in another ATV soap, Crossroads, but in the Carlton Television
Carlton Television
Carlton Television was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties including the cities of Solihull and Coventry of the West Midlands, south Suffolk, middle and east Hampshire, Oxfordshire, south Bedfordshire, south Northamptonshire, parts of Herefordshire & Worcestershire,...
produced Crossroads of 2001.